Sentences with phrase «liberal election platform»

The 2015 Liberal election platform had a proposal to limit the benefits of the 50 % employee stock option deduction by placing a cap of $ 100,000 on annual eligible stock option gains but this was dropped after intense lobbying by startups in the tech and resource industry who rely heavily on non-cash compensation such as stock options to attract much needed, specialized talent to their firms.

The commitment to negotiate a new Health Accord was not costed in the Liberal election platform.

The 2015 Liberal election platform had a proposal to limit the benefits of the 50 % employee stock option deduction by placing a cap of $ 100,000 on annual eligible stock option gains but this was dropped after intense lobbying by startups in the tech and resource industry who rely heavily on non-cash compensation such as stock options to attract much needed, specialized talent to their firms.

Not exact matches

The Liberals last two election platforms felt like they were written for academics, not voters (It didn't help their last two leaders were, well, academics).

And it's a shift in the Liberals» approach to economic policy, which had become encumbered over the past decade by vacuous buzzwords like «champion sectors» and «innovation gateways» (Both found on a single - page in the 2011 election platform).

The NDP has to decide whether it will prop up the minority Liberal government, but even if it doesn't, the provincial pension plan is likely to become a key part of the Liberals» election platform.

As if to prove this claim, federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau announced that one plank of his election platform will be to realign the tax system to shift wealth away from those nasty one - percenters and down to the middle class.

In the lead up to the provincial election next May, the Liberal government has begun laying the groundwork for an election platform, announcing new policies in the hopes of wooing voters.

In the Liberals» election platform, they promised to restore this requirement and the government did so in 2017.

Based on what Environment Minister Peter Kent recently told CBC's Evan Solomon, the Tories no longer oppose only the broadest form of carbon tax (as proposed Stéphane Dion is his disastrous 2008 election run as Liberal leader), but also the cap - and - trade option, which use to be in the Conservative platform (it's on page 32 here).

In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»;...

He spent more than $ 60 million to win election in 2000 to the United States Senate from New Jersey on a liberal platform.

Mr. Harper has been so successful in promoting this fear that both the Liberals and the NDP have committed to balanced budgets in their election platforms.

In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market organizations.

According to the Liberal's election platform, seniors face higher inflation than the general Canadian population and by non-senior families.

Parsing a blind copy of the weekend's Liberal resolutions, one would be forgiven for confusing it with an embryonic NDP election platform.

At the same time the Liberal Party, and Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, have made environmentalism a major component of their election platform through a policy initiative known as the Green Shift — an initiative that was the source of considerable discussion and debate in the lead - up to the election.

The Liberals, in their election platform, presented a «Sources of Funds» table, itemizing the revenue increasing and spending reduction measures that they would implement to fund their proposed initiatives [1].

The Liberal Party has outlined its 2008 election platform in a policy document entitled Richer, Fairer, Greener: An Action Plan for the 21st Century.

Liberal leader Raj Sherman is expected to release key parts of his party's election platform in Calgary and Edmonton today.

The «majority» Liberal report, contained 56 recommendations, most of which related to promises contained in their election platform.

The Liberal leader insisted Tuesday that he's offered «an awful lot of concrete policies» on a number of fronts — including democratic reform, foreign investment, oil and gas pipelines and legalization of marijuana — but reiterated that precise details must await the election platform.

The Liberal Democrats will stand at the next general election on a platform of derailing Brexit and keeping Britain in the European Union, the party has announced.

On what platform, for example, will the Liberal Democrats fight the next election?

Ahead of the 2001 general election, the Liberal Democrats campaigned on a platform of abolishing tuition fees outright, while Labour claimed in its manifesto that it had made the introduction of top - up fees illegal.

«As we enter into a critical period for the future direction and strength for the Liberal Democrats, we have a strong new team to develop a strong Liberal platform for the 2015 election.

As we move into the final week of the local and European election campaign, we will continue to work to ensure the strongest possible policy platform to stand Liberal Democrats in the best stead in 2015.

Much as they did with their election platform, the Liberals took aim at middle - class Canadians, with a few small business hits and misses, lots of infrastructure spending promises and a great deal of promises that focused on Canada's health and well - being of First Nations communities.

The tax - bracket changes were a central pledge in the election platform that helped propel the Liberals to victory in October.

The NDP has to decide whether it will prop up the minority Liberal government, but even if it doesn't, the provincial pension plan is likely to become a key part of the Liberals» election platform.

The result has triggered outrage from the 48 % of the population who voted to remain, with calls for a second referendum, suggestions that the House of Commons could ignore the result, and a promise by the leader of the Liberal Democrats that the party would run on a platform to remain within the Union in any future general election.

IN THIS ISSUE: A New Holiday Minimum Wage Changes Uploading of Social Service Costs School Boards Business The Health Platform On October 11th, the Ontario Liberal Party won the provincial election, and will enjoy a majority government led once again by Premier Dalton McGuinty.

When the Liberal Party won a parliamentary majority in the 2015 federal election, their platform included an exciting promise for Canadians: they intended to legalize marijuana in Canada.

The Liberals and the Conservatives both had it in their election platforms but it has not occurred yet.

«There is no clear commitment from the government regarding the HBP, particularly in terms of an increase in eligible amounts or in terms of using the HBP during significant life changes, as promised in the Liberal party's platform for the October 2015 election.